Sleigh



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1. T. COLEMAN. 'SLEIGH.

No. 538,321. Patented Apr. 30, 1895.

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No. 538,321. Patented Apr. 30,1895.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. 4,

TRUMAN COLEMAN, or LEE CENTRE, NEW YORK.

SLEIGH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 538,321, dated April30, 1895.

Application filed October 1, 1894.

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, TRUMAN COLEMAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Lee Centre, in the county of Oneida and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in ConstructingCutters and Sleighs; and I do hereby declare the fol= lowing to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention has relation to improvements in sleigh runners, and itconsists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement ofparts of which it is composed, all as will be hereinafter fullydescribed and particularly pointed out in the claim.

The annexed drawings, to which reference is made, fully illustrate myinvention, in which Figure 1 represents a side view of my device. Fig. 2is a detail cross sectional view of the same; and Fig. 3 is an enlargeddetail sectional view of the runner.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, A, designates a sleighrunner consisting of the horizontal portion a; the upwardly curved frontportion 1) and the rear inclined brace portion 0, while the top orhorizontal part (1, which connects with and forms a part of the mainportion, passes over the top of the sleigh and is screwed or otherwisesecured thereto.

B,-B, B, represent the legs or standards upon which the body issupported and all of which are constructed alike and a descrip- Thisstandard consists of the vertical outside portion 6.

At the upper end thereof the same is bent into an outwardly horizontalflange f, having a perforation through which a screw or bolt g is passedwhereby said upper end of the standard is secured to the outer end ofthe cross bar h of the sleigh. This standard is bent upon itself as att', in U-shaped form the portion 9' extending vertically and parallel tothe outer portion 6, to a point k when it branches off inwardlypresenting an inclined brace as shown at Z. Between these verticalportions of the standard is interposedablock m which is held in place bybolts n, n,- thus separating and at the same time securingboth partstogether. The upper end of the in- Serial No. 524,687. (No model.)

\ clined portion or braceZ is secured to the cross bar h of the body. Asupplemental inclined brace 0 is secured at its upper end to said crossbar while its lower end is secured to the standard as at p.

r 0, indicates a shoe, on the under side of the runner. The same, isbolted or riveted, both front and rear to the runner as at r, r, andintermediate of these points as at s, the bolts 8, connecting saidrunner .and shoe with the lower end of the leg or standard as shown ats, Fig. 2. Between this shoe and runner is interposed a strip D, whichis secured in place by the bolts 3 also passing through it as well asthe runner and shoe. seen that when a shoe is worn out another can bereadily applied, thus saving the runner from wear and by theconstruction of the standards, the same being bent upon itself and inone piece, presents a very strong leg or support for the body.Furthermore, by constructing the runner, rear inclined brace, front andtop horizontal portion of one piece, affords a very strong and yet avery light runner. A brace 11. connects the front of the runner with thebody.

A'sleigh runner as herein described is durable, light in weight andornamental as well cross bars thereof, the standards for support-' ingthe same consisting of the vertical portion 6, bent at 't', in U shapedform, the vertical portion j, bent to form an incline Z, the inclinedbrace o, the block m, interposed and bolted between the upper parts ofthe vertical portions, said brace 0, bolted to the vertical portion j,the bolt passing through the block and vertical portion e, of therunner, strip and shoe bolted to the U-shaped portion of said standard,substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

hi TRUMAN COLEMAN.

